El Chanchón celebrated a valuable victory in Saxony. (Photo: APF)
Sportivo Luqueño achieved its second victory in the Apertura Tournament by beating Nacional 1-0 this Saturday with a spectacular goal by Marcelo Pérez this Saturday at Defensores del Chaco.
The imbalance in the match came after 55 minutes in a counterattack very well executed by Auriazul, which led to the resolution of the championship striker with a sensational shot from outside the tricolor area.
The initial stage saw the pupils of Peter Sarabia with a better football performance, against a visiting team that was not comfortable in the process of that first half.
Despite this, both had the same number of situations before the break: Gustavo Caballero had the first great chance and also the second for Nacional, while edward duarte and jorge mendoza They appeared in attack for Luqueño, although none of them hit the bow.
In the complementary there was a different development of the game, with those of Gustavo Florentin with a better face and pressing starter in search of hitting.
That context reached its climax at 55′: from a corner kick, the furious reply came out with Julio Báez’s long control of the ball. He crossed to the left Marcelo Perezwho settled into the middle and unleashed a forehand that traveled straight into the back of Héctor Espínola’s goal, a front-row viewer of the 21-year-old striker’s outstanding resolve.
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The Academy would end the match with 10 players for the expulsion of Claudio Núñez, who got out of control in a dispute over a ball with Matías Castro, a rival striker, and hit him with a hoot. Referee José Méndez sent him off with a direct red at 75′.
With one less, the Albo went for the feat and beyond some rival defensive scare, the result was certain for the blue and gold side.
This leaves the Sportivo Luqueno with the good flavor of his second victory in the Apertura, in whose classification he now holds 10 points. But above all, the highlight of leaving the relegation zone by finally surpassing the unit in the averages.
NationalFor its part, it stagnated at 11 units and was far removed from the fight for the top positions in the contest.
